Programs in Kenya
Mbita, Suba District, Kenya
Project Manager: Joyce Ouma
The Akado Women’s Group was founded in 1986 by Margaret Odindo, a sociologist visiting Mbita, and Inga, a German volunteer. Akado focuses on women’s and children’s health and on the economic position of women. Akado believes that empowering women can have a significant impact on the problems associated with HIV/AIDS. It also believes that a holistic response to HIV/AIDS is needed. Today...
Project Mosquito Net is POL's initiative to provide insecticide treated bed nets to children and pregnant mothers in Mbita, Kenya (Mbita is approximately 400 km from Nairobi). The project began in 2005 as a joint effort between the San Diego based organization Power of Love, the Orange County based non-profit Be the Cause www.bethecause.org and the Akado Medical Clinic located in Mbita, Kenya. The project has grown...